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Nathan Francis / The Inquisitr:
Canadian political cartoonist Michael de Adder dropped from a series of newspapers after his cartoon depicting Donald Trump and dead migrants went viral — Political cartoonist Michael de Adder has been dropped from a series of newspapers after his cartoon depicting Donald Trump stepping …
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@jason_chatfield, @deadder, Mediaite, The Daily Cartoonist, @conor64, @amstanley and @mehdirhasan
Connor Mannion / Mediaite:
Quillette editor Andy Ngo beaten, “milkshaked” by Antifa protestors during a rally in Portland — Quillette editor Andy Ngo was beaten up and had milkshakes thrown at him by Antifa protestors during a rally in Portland. … The video from Oregonian reporter Jim Ryan appears …
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Hannah Knowles / Washington Post:
New WH press secretary Stephanie Grisham was bruised in a scuffle with N. Korean security while helping US media gain access to Trump's meeting with Kim Jong Un — New White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham was bruised Sunday in a scuffle between North Korean security and members …
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Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
MobiTV, which enables pay-TV companies to provide streaming video services without a set-top box, raises $50M in funding — MobiTV has raised $50 million in funding to expand its pay TV delivery system internationally. — Emeryville, California-based MobiTV sells its platform to providers of pay TV …
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Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Nielsen Total Audience Report: 21% of SVOD users give up watching if they can't decide what to watch; the average adult takes 7.4 minutes to make a selection — The proliferation of streaming and the novelty of the subscription video on demand interface are contributing …
Alyssa Bereznak / The Ringer:
How TikTok users are supplanting the traditional functions of record labels, like talent scouting and publicity, for new artists — Lil Nas X's ‘Old Town Road’ is both a chart-topping phenomenon and a turning point for the music business. Here's what happens when a social media platform becomes a label.
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@mediasmarts, more at Techmeme »
Kali Hays / WWD:
Wirecutter EIC Ben Frumin wants the site to add more editorial-like content and expand into new product areas like privacy and data, style and beauty, more — With a new deputy in place, editor in chief Ben Frumin has sights set on expanding Wirecutter's audience. — Wirecutter's electronics recommendations homepage.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Pluto TV launches Pluto TV Latino, 11 free linear channels, which it says is the biggest collection of Hispanic programming on an ad-supported streaming service — Pluto TV is targeting Hispanic audiences — long underserved in the streaming space — with Pluto TV Latino …
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The Streamable and Multichannel News
Tiffany Stevens / Poynter:
A history of The Washington Blade, the oldest surviving LGBTQ newspaper in the US, as it celebrates its 50th anniversary — This year, The Washington Blade is celebrating its golden anniversary not just during pride month, but throughout the entire year. Just 10 years ago, however …
Better News:
With Sports Pass, the Miami Herald offers a $30 yearly subscription to coverage of the city's sports, with 80% of subscribers located outside of South Florida — Here's an idea to steal and adapt: The Miami Herald in August 2018 created Sports Pass, a sports-only digital subscription plan …
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@raju
Rita Liao / TechCrunch:
China ordered suspension or termination of 26 audio-focused apps on Friday; Apple restricted access to podcasts not hosted by Chinese partners in June — Audio apps are flying high in China. In 2018, online listeners in the country grew 22.1% to surpass 400 million, at a rate far exceeding …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Pierre Omidyar's First Look Media ends funding for political cartoon site The Nib and shuts down Topic Magazine, its nonfiction storytelling digital publication — In a pair of cost-cutting moves, Pierre Omidyar's First Look Media is shuttering the Topic Magazine digital publication dedicated …
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